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Friday,
March 1, 2002,
Chandigarh, India  
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Ram
temple: RSS offers to mediate
Scindia
junior, Deve Gowda take oath 16 MLAs oppose Tiwari as CLP chief, oath put off Will
resolve tangle in 5 days: UP Governor |
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Vajpayee
talks to Australian PM Jaya
files complaint against Tehelka
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VHP asks Muslims to condemn attack Ahmedabad, February 28 VHP International Vice-President Acharya Giriraj Kishore told reporters here at the Sola Civil Hospital, where 54 out of the 58 bodies of the train attack victims were brought, that “Hindus should maintain calm and keep patience. I appeal to Muslim brethren to condemn the attack and ask them not to test Hindus’ patience. Hindus are keeping a restraint but if such incidents do not stop, there can be a counter reaction which may be uncontrollable”. The VHP leader alleged that the attack was pre-planned and took place with the connivance of the Assistant Station Master of Godhra and personnel of the Government Railway Police who despite being there chose to be silent spectators. He demanded an inquiry by the government into their role in the conspiracy behind yesterday’s attack on Sabarmati Express train passengers. Acharya Kishore said Godhra was a perpetual spot of mischief. In 1992, “kar sevaks” were attacked while going to Ayodhya, he said and demanded strict action against those responsible for the dastardly attack. He said the government should take steps to ensure that such attacks did not recur in Godhra which was a pocket of a particular community. To a question what did he mean by counter reaction, he shot back by asking “do I have to say for every action there is a reaction. It would be very difficult for the Hindus to maintain patience at such a heavy price”. Asked whether following yesterday’s attack the VHP planned to change the programme for the construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya for which “Ram sevaks” were gathering in great number there, he said there were no such plans. “There is no change in our (VHP’s) deadline of March 12 and the programme is to continue on schedule. “Ram sevaks” would continue to reach Ayodhya, let the government arrest them, he said. About his programme in the city today, he said he was going to take part in the funeral procession of “martyrs” at Khokra in East Ahmedabad later in the day and would also meet the Chief Minister Narendra Modi if time permitted.
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VHP calls for countrywide bandh New Delhi, February 28 The Sangh Parivar outfit’s joint general-secretary Onkar Bhave charged the BJP-led NDA government with “criminal negligence” on the issue and said there was nothing wrong in the opposition’s demand for the Prime Minister’s resignation. Equating the present government with “Ravan
raj”, the VHP leader charged Home Minister L.K. Advani with “talking big and doing nothing”.
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Ram temple: RSS offers to mediate New Delhi, February 28 This was decided at a 90-minute meeting between top RSS leadership and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at his residence this evening. “Both sides will make efforts to thrash out a solution. We will speak to VHP leaders. Vajpayee will also speak to them. Our immediate efforts would be to maintain law and order across the country,” RSS Joint General Secretary and in charge of BJP affairs Madan Das Devi told newspersons after the meeting. While the RSS delegation included another Joint General Secretary
H.V. Seshadri, the Government side also had Home Minister L.K. Advani. BJP President K. Jana Krishnamurthy was also present during the talks. The Lok Sabha is scheduled to discuss the Ayohdya issue next week, Lok Sabha Speaker
G.M. C. Balayogi said here. Mr Vajpayee later had a meeting with the Shahi Imam of Jama
Masjid. Meanwhile, it is learnt that Leader of the Opposition and Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Leader of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha Manmohan Singh have called on the Prime Minister and understood to have demanded the deployment of Army in the disturbed areas of Gujarat. In
Faizabad, former Prime Minister V.P. Singh said that the VHP should abide by its commitment to honour the courts’s order in the Ram Janmabhoomi case and that his Kisan Morcha would plead to the Allahabad High Court for day-to-day hearing of the case. |
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Scindia
junior, Deve Gowda take oath New Delhi, February 28 Even as Scindia the junior (son of late Madhavrao Scindia who died in an aircrash on September 30 last), who won the recently held Lok Sabha byelection from Guna in Madhya Pradesh by a record margin, rose from his seat to walk towards the well of the Lok Sabha to take his oath in Hindi, his mother and the sister along with noted businesswoman Shobhna Bharatiya were seen wiping their eyes with nostalgia writ large on their faces. Before Mr Scindia, Deep Gogoi, younger brother of Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi took the oath. But the House became alert as the name of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda was called for taking the oath. |
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16 MLAs oppose Tiwari as CLP chief, oath put off
Dehra Dun, February 28 At least 16 newly elected MLAs, led by senior Congress leader Hira Singh Bisht, today met Sonia Gandhi and stressed that Rawat should head the first elected government as the party’s move to instal Tiwari as CLP leader had sparked off protest demonstrations and dharnas, the sources said. In Almora district, a number of party leaders including state Disciplinary Committee chief Pooran Singh Mahra, district general secretary Agast Lal Shah, resigned to protest against the High Command’s decision to give the reins of Uttaranchal “to a man (Tiwari) who had opposed vehemently the creation of new state when he was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.” At least 50 supporters of Rawat staged an indefinite dharna protesting against the decision at the party headquarter here.
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Will resolve tangle in 5 days: UP Governor
Lucknow, February 28 After his 30-minute meeting with caretaker Chief Minister Rajnath Singh, the Governor told reporters that he had asked Mr Rajnath Singh to furnish his party’s stand on the issue in writing. The BJP had stated that it would sit in the Opposition and would not support any party to from a government. Mr Shastri disclosed that he had received a letter from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) that it was not willing to support any party, particularly the Samajwadi Party, in its attempt to form a government in the state. He said the letter had been sent by Mayawati’s personal assistant. “But I will have to meet her in person to arrive at a decision.” “I would also ask other parties leaders, who would be meeting me in a day or two, to place their views in writing,” Mr Shastri said. “I am trying to contact Ms Mayawati (BSP) and Sriprakash Jaiswal (Congress) and hope to meet them soon.” Reiterating that the Samajwadi Party (SP) should provide him a list of MLAs extending support to the party to form a stable government in the state, the Governor said: “I will again meet the SP leaders after the first-round of talks with all the parties.” Mr Shastri had today started the exercise of consulting political parties in a bid to end the stalemate caused by the fractured mandate in the recent Assembly elections in the state. Mr Rajnath Singh told reporters that he had asked the Governor to relieve him of the responsibility of the caretaker Chief Minister as the party had already decided to sit in the opposition.
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3rd Grammy for Ravi Shankar New Delhi, February 28 Varanasi-born Pandit Shankar won the Grammy for his album "Full Circle Carnegie Hall 2000". Earlier, he had bagged the honour in 1968 and 1972. The other nominees included Brazil’s Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento and Britain’s John McLaughlin for “Saturday Night in Bombay - Remember Shakti’’. The 82-year-old maestro has achieved legendary stature as a composer, performer and teacher as well as widespread international recognition. The melodious strains of his sitar have carried Indian music across the seven seas. As a music director at All India Radio, he composed many film scores, notably for the celebrated
apu trilogy of director Satyajit Ray.
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Vajpayee
talks to Australian PM New Delhi, February 28 Mr Howard replied that while he was sad over the cancellation of Mr Vajpayee’s visit, he fully understood that “your first priority is your country”. Mr Howard said he also understood Prime Minister’s judgement in this regard. Mr Vajpayee conveyed India’s as well as his personal best wishes to Australia for the successful hosting of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Mr Howard extended his sympathies to those affected by the tragic incident in Godhra, Gujarat. |
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Jaya files complaint against Tehelka
New Delhi, February 28 Ms Jaitly in her complaint submitted that the website on February 26 had displayed an article accusing her of misusing the office and indulging in corruption. Stating that the statements displayed on the website were totally
false, she denied that “she misused office or indulged in venal corruption or had ever received supposed arms dealers and middle men or accepted any sum of money, including Rs 2 lakh, in exchange as alleged by the portal.”
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Staff relieved without salary Hanumangarh, February 28 |
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